breaking news: Gunman kills 30 at US university
Posted by ralv585
yeah read it today :S. The count is at 32 now and 21 are wounded.
Its really, really shocking.
At some stage surely they must realise they have to review their gun ownership policy
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At some stage surely they must realise they have to review their gun ownership policy
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Very sad news
There was some guy on BBC Radio just now arguing that if you allowed full gun ownership with no restrictions, then these incidents wouldn't happen. When the presenter pointed out that Britain (and much of Western Europe) had far tighter gun restrictions, and these things rarely happen here, he claimed that the Holocaust would not have happened had there been no gun ownership rules in Western Europe at the time, and that the small number of deaths that would occur in schools or on the streets would outweigh that.
Unfortunately whilst these idiots are involved at high levels in both the Democrat and Republican party there will be no change, and innocent people will continue to die because of there insistence on carrying guns.
There was some guy on BBC Radio just now arguing that if you allowed full gun ownership with no restrictions, then these incidents wouldn't happen. When the presenter pointed out that Britain (and much of Western Europe) had far tighter gun restrictions, and these things rarely happen here, he claimed that the Holocaust would not have happened had there been no gun ownership rules in Western Europe at the time, and that the small number of deaths that would occur in schools or on the streets would outweigh that.
Unfortunately whilst these idiots are involved at high levels in both the Democrat and Republican party there will be no change, and innocent people will continue to die because of there insistence on carrying guns.
Sad news indeed...but let's face it, in america you can get a gun very easy...i remember sawing at the news, about one kid, that after he play gta or hitman, took a shotgun and killed a woman and wounded 2 persons, all this from a 12 year old kid.
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but please let's not blame computer games. as a 12 year old, he shouldn't have been playing the game in the first place. and his parents probably bought it for him and ignored the 18 warning notice, or didn't realise it was a violent game...
shame about this new tragedy, heard today that he was a student there.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
shame about this new tragedy, heard today that he was a student there.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Yeah, i remember that the mother of the kid didn't blamed the gun shop, from where he got the gun, she blamed the game company. If i remember, before the launch of hitman bloodmoney, there were discussions about how violent the game will be, but the company said there will be a T or 18 rating. But still, pretty amazing how easly someone can get a gun in the US.
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the mother is stupid to blame the game company. if they put an 18 rating on the game's box, and she still bought the game for her 12 year old son, then why is it the game company's fault? it's her fault or the shop who sold the game to the boy (if he bought it himself without her knowledge).
and it's been said a million times, games don't turn a person into a psychotic killer, their mind is already warped, and games might just tip them over the edge.
i enjoy playing GTA games, i enjoy racing games, but i don't get a gun and kill people, and i don't drive at 150mph on the roads, because i'm not already mentally unstable.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
and it's been said a million times, games don't turn a person into a psychotic killer, their mind is already warped, and games might just tip them over the edge.
i enjoy playing GTA games, i enjoy racing games, but i don't get a gun and kill people, and i don't drive at 150mph on the roads, because i'm not already mentally unstable.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
Very true there Muks.
It's horrible that such things actually happen
And about the gun laws in the USA. I read that when the first people came to America, they wrote in the constitution that every American should be able to carry a gun, to protect himself from bears and such. But those first people also wrote in the constitution that the constitution can't be changed, so America will practically never get out of this.
It's horrible that such things actually happen
And about the gun laws in the USA. I read that when the first people came to America, they wrote in the constitution that every American should be able to carry a gun, to protect himself from bears and such. But those first people also wrote in the constitution that the constitution can't be changed, so America will practically never get out of this.
yeah hearing pro-gun American's comments on the radio, some say if there were no restrictions, then it would have been better for this situation, as all the victims would have been able to defend themselves.
but my counter-argument for that crazy opinion, is that this kind of thing would happen far more frequently if everyone openly possessed a gun. any little problem at university would result in someone getting wounded or killed, but instead of a one-off mass rampage with lots of victims, we'd see hundreds or thousands of single-person shootings. currently this kind of thing only happens every few years, so a restriction is obviously still more effective than if there were no restrictions (of course it depends on which state is being discussed).
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
but my counter-argument for that crazy opinion, is that this kind of thing would happen far more frequently if everyone openly possessed a gun. any little problem at university would result in someone getting wounded or killed, but instead of a one-off mass rampage with lots of victims, we'd see hundreds or thousands of single-person shootings. currently this kind of thing only happens every few years, so a restriction is obviously still more effective than if there were no restrictions (of course it depends on which state is being discussed).
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
but that's the thing, from what i heard on the radio news yesterday, it's not sparking any political debate about gun laws, it's not even under consideration.
it's like the powers that be are resigned to accepting something like this will happen every few years, and don't want to change their stuck-in-their-ways attitudes.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
it's like the powers that be are resigned to accepting something like this will happen every few years, and don't want to change their stuck-in-their-ways attitudes.
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
the NRA will be in that town with a parade about how good guns are.
when the Currambine shootings happend, that happend.
when the Currambine shootings happend, that happend.
Columbine?
I still haven't seen Bowling For Columbine...
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
I still haven't seen Bowling For Columbine...
RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael
thast it... there is a suburb here in perth called currambine haha.
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